“The man’s friend jumped on the man in black’s back to which he then grabbed the man and flung him right over his shoulder and onto the pavement and hit him until they both said words to the effect of ‘stop mate stop its cool’.”

The pair then claim they made their escape and the caped crusader checked if Tom was OK before jogging away.

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The masked crime-fighter earned his title after stepping in to save a long string of people around South-East London.

He is said to prefer the name ‘The Shadow’ and wears a bandana mask.

The couple said: “The man in black was heavily stubbled and about 6ft 2 with the mask a bit like in the Zorro movies, he was well built and looked like he could handle himself.

“I’ve now gone online and looked up this man for more sightings and it sounds eerily like the Bromley Batman.

“I didn’t know who to contact about all this as we have kids as well but just wanted to thank this man for helping us get home safely.”